diff --git a/src/packages/fff/fff-hoods/files/usr/sbin/configurehood b/src/packages/fff/fff-hoods/files/usr/sbin/configurehood
index fffcc4bf33cb6e8e82911f71cdf5d21d96026e23..ba34329dd792fd08f4f10f1020d415911453dcf4 100755
--- a/src/packages/fff/fff-hoods/files/usr/sbin/configurehood
+++ b/src/packages/fff/fff-hoods/files/usr/sbin/configurehood
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ if [ -s "$hoodfile" ]; then
 		# copy the file to webroot so that other mesh routers can download it;
 		# copy only after all other steps so IF can be reentered if something goes wrong
 		cp "$hoodfile" "$hoodfilecopy"
-		cp "$sectortmp" "$sectorcopy"
+		[ -s "$sectortmp" ] && cp "$sectortmp" "$sectorcopy"
 
 	else
 		echo "We have no new file. We do nothing. We try it again in 5 minutes...";